The actress, 37, said she first heard about the Covid-19 pandemic at the World Economic Forum in January as the outbreak was taking hold in China.

Jingye Cheng triggered a diplomatic firestorm by warning Scott Morrison's push for an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus could lead to a boycott of Australian food, universities, and tourism.

The billionaire invited Victorian China Consul-General Zhou Long -  who did not take questions but credited the 'transparent' manner with which China had dealt with the COVID-19 outbreak.

Geoff Leong, 43, who owns Dumplings' Legend in London's China Town, told how people had been assaulted, children ostracised at school and others spat at while they went about their lives.

China expert Professor James Laurenceson predicts cashed-up Chinese investors will continue having an interest in Australian property - despite diplomatic tensions over coronavirus.

The Frozen link has been responsible for lots of visits in Hallstatt, along with a view that gained renown in Asia thanks to a South Korean TV series filmed there and a partial replica of it built in China.

Real Madrid attacker Gareth Bale has declared his interest in moving to the MLS and questions continue to be asked about his future in Spain.

An influential academic who writes for a Chinese Communist Party newspaper has accused Australia of 'stabbing China in the back' over its calls for an international coronavirus inquiry.

What do mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and media mogul Kerry Stokes have in common? Both stand boost fortunes thanks to China, and both have done Beijing's bidding on COVID-19.

Brisbane City Council was gearing up to' send $50,000 worth of personal protective equipment to two Chinese cities before state and federal authorities called off the plan.

Local authorities from the north-eastern Chinese province Heilongjiang has issued a new set of guidelines as precautions against the spread of the killer bug in lifts and escalators.

London markets opened flat today as Asian shares continued to climb after China's central bank fixed the yuan in a bid to ease US trade-war tensions.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Beckham likes to think he is a man of the people. However, the Communist state of China takes a rather different view of his body art.

The debate over Taiwan's place within the World Health Organisation has escalated with New Zealand's foreign minister Winston Peters taking aim at the Chinese ambassador.

The Foreign Investment Review Board's annual report shows the value of Chinese investment approvals across all sectors fell from $23.7 billion in 2017/18 to $13.1 billion in 2018/19.

China has forbidden all cities from erecting towers taller than 500 metres (1,640 feet) except in 'special' circumstances. The construction of those taller than 250 metres (820 feet) will be 'strictly limited'.

Juwai, Asia's biggest property sales site for overseas investors, has revealed why Chinese buyers are really interested in Australia - and expects their interest to surge in 2020.

The Royal Australian Mint began circulating the new note in October 2019, months before the virus was even identified in Wuhan, China - the original epicentre.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER AT PEBBLE BEACH: Tiger Woods had just signed his card: 72. He was asked how he felt. Steaming, said Tiger. 'I'm a little hot right now,' he added.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Pogba is looking for a new challenge. No, he won't try to justify the £89million United spent on him. He wants a challenge, not mission impossible.

European tour golfer Clement Berardo has had what must go down as one of the most shocking rounds to ever grace the sport. A round so bad that he had to be disqualified for losing all of his balls.

After the The Open was cancelled for the first time since the Second World War, the ongoing pandemic has also forced the US Open and PGA Championship to take place later this year.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: The Open will not be staged this year for the first time since 1945, after the R&A took the momentous decision to cancel the championship set for July.

Nick Kyrgios delivered the unexpected 'tweener' lob at the heated doubles round in front of gasping spectators at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday.

The Australian, who won the French Open earlier this year, was beaten in straight sets by Wang Qiang, the 18th seed from China.

The 23-year-old Australian tennis star was thrashed 6-2 6-4 by Chinese player Wang Qiang, just a day after playing a hard-fought doubles clash.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Words with negative connotations are out when it comes to the work she does with Dimitri Zavialoff. The hairdryer is strictly confined to the hotel room.

Ashleigh Barty is poised to crown her phenomenal season by becoming the first Australian woman to ever top the year-ending tennis rankings.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: The watching Tiger Woods could scarcely contain his excitement as Rafael Nadal moved ominously towards yet another Grand Slam final.

Barty powered into the US Open doubles semi-finals with fellow former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka on Tuesday with a 2-6 7-5 6-1 comeback win over top seeds Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.

The 38-year-old comedian looked cute in a plaid dress as she joined her husband Chris Fischer, 39, for the New York outing.

Woods, 43, shares Charlie and a daughter Sam, 12, with his ex-wife Elin Nordegren to whom he was married from 2004 to 2010.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Britain's top doubles pair came back from 2-5 down in the deciding set on Wednesday night to beat Americans Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow.

They've been together for a blissful eight years. And Shakira and her partner Gerard looked more smitten than ever as they put on a cosy display at the US Open in New York on Wednesday.

Emily Mortimer was enjoying a break from her acting duties on Wednesday, watching the tennis at the US Open alongside her husband Alessandro Nivola and her son Samuel, 15.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: From day one there have been instances of the men getting on the wrong side of the crowds or the rules, above and beyond what is normally most fractious of Slams.

Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah became the first Colombians to win the U.S. Open men's doubles title on Friday, easing past Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: When you have lost your fourth Grand Slam final in a row it is perhaps a tiny consolation to get an arm around the shoulder from royalty as Serena Williams did.

Jennifer Connelly and her husband Paul Bettany put on a loved-up display as they watched the US Open Tennis Championships in New York on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal's dramatic, five-set US Open final win over Daniil Medvedev was given front-page billing by prominent Spanish newspapers AS and Marca - but ignored by Barcelona-based outlets.

The teenage tennis star talked about the 'best summer [she's] ever had,' admitting she's freaked out over attention from famous people like the former first lady and Jaden Smith.

Former Australian Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter says he can't understand why Nick Kyrgios hasn't already been suspended following a series of ugly tantrums this year.

EXCLUSIVE: The world No 1, who retired from his fourth round match with a shoulder injury, spent the recent US Open with his own private hyperbaric chamber parked up next to Flushing Meadows.

The failure of City regulator the Financial Conduct Authority to fully get to grips with the Woodford scandal and all of those who have profited at the expense of hapless investors is reprehensible.

London kept second place globally and first in Europe in the annual chart, which measures the attractiveness of major cities around the world for real asset investing.

Bancroft founder Clive Russell has 27 years' experience as a financial adviser. He launched a flat fee in response to a lot of clients coming to him who were paying high percentage charges.

For investors who entrusted their savings to Neil Woodford, their financial nightmare is at a close. As investors finally get some of their cash back, we ask the experts where to turn next.

With Jupiter running £45.2billion in assets under management and Merian overseeing £22.4billion, the tie-up would create a £67billion fund giant.

The sweeping changes will mean that investors who hold shares through a third party stockbroker or in an Isa account will no longer receive the vouchers which were launched in 2004.

Global Wine Exchange sold me two cases of wine on the promise that they would be sold at a profit. They haven't been sold. GWE then told me that if I bought two more cases, they would sell all four.